Calendar



H. T. REED.

CALENDAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 18. 1922.

- PatentedSept. 5, 1922.

Patented Sept. 5, 1922.

UNETED STATES l,42?,85fl

PATENT @EFEQE...

V I HUGH 'l. REED, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

. 1 I 1 CALENDAR.

T 0 all '10 ham it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH T. Reno, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and use ful Improvements in Calendars, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This'invention relates to calendars, and has for one of its objects toprovide an im' proved and simplified form of frame or holder for aperpetual calendar comprising a plurality of packs of cards bearing theseveral year and month calendars.

Another object is to improve and simplify the arrangement of the monthname cards with respect to the month calendar cards, and of the indexand information cards with respect to the year calendar cards. Otherobjects and improvements will appear as the description proceeds.

The invention will be first hereinafter described in connection with theaccompanying drawings, which constitute part of this specification, andthen more specifically defined in the claims at the end of thedescription.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters areused to designate corresponding parts throughout the several viewsFigure 1 is a perspective view of a calendar constructed substantiallyin accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is a central vertical section of the calendar.

Figure 3 is a detailed perspective view of aportion of the frame orholder showing the connection between the transverse partition memberand the side portions of said frame ofholder.

' Figure at is a perspective view of the tray for holding the cards forthe lower division of the frame.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of one of the year calendar cards.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of one of the index cards.

Figure 7 is a perspective View of one of the information cards.

Figure 8 ,is a perspective view of one of the month calendar cards.

Figure 9 is a perspective view of one of the month name cards.

Figure 10 is a plan view of the blank or strip of metal or othersuitable material 5 Application filed March 18, 1922. Serial No.544,745.

from which the outside portions of the frame are formed, and

Figure 11 is a similar view of the blank from which transverse partitionmember is formed.

As indicated in Figure 10, the outer portions of the frame 1 for thecalendar cards is made from a strip or blank 2 bent on the transversedotted lines 3 to form the corners of the frame and on the longitudinaldotted lines 4 to form the front flanges 5 of the card pockets. Theportion of the strip or blank 2 from which said front flanges 5 areformed are cut out in V-shape at intervals, as at'6, to give the propershape at the corners 7 in Figure 1. Other V-shaped notches 8 are cutinthe side portions of the frame to receive the ends of the transversepartition member 9.

The blank from which said partition .member 9 is made is illustrated inFigure 11, the front portion 10 thereof, which has its ends pointed at11 to fit in said notches 8 of the side portions of the frame, beingintegral with a rear portion 12 which is angularly bent behind saidfront portion 10 to form a transverse partition between the upper pocket13 and lower pocket 14 of the frame. The ends of said partition or rearportion 12 may be soldered to the sides of the frame at 15, Figure 8.The pointed ends 11 of the front portion 10 of the partition member 9may also be soldered, as at 16, Figure 3, to the sides of the frame, asmay also the ends of the frame strip 2 and the edges of the notches 6 ofsaid strip, but any other suitable means of fastening any or all ofthese parts together maybe employed if preferred.

In the upper pocket 13 of the frame formed as above described a pack ofcalen- 'dar cards are arranged, and in the lower pocket 14: another packof calendar cards are arranged, both packs being preferably placedbehind transparent plates 17 through which the front cards of said packsmay be seen from the front of the calendar frame,

as shown in Figures 1 and 2. Thepacks of cards are held in place intheir respective The upper tray is preferablyequipped with a ring 20near its upper edge for hanging up the calendar, while the lower edgeportion of said tray may have a prop 21 hinged thereto for supportingthe calendar in the position shown in Figure l.

The pack of cards in one pocket of the frame ii'icludes fourteen monthcalendar cards 2:? each printed with a different month calendar on itsopposite faces, and three month name cards each having the names oidiflerent months printed along its upper and lower marginal portions onboth faces, thus making up the twelve different month names. Asillustrated in Figures 1 and 2, the month calendar cards 2 and monthname cards 23 make up the pack of cards in the lower pocket ll of theframe 1. but this is optional, the relative proportions of the twopockets 13 and 14; being variable at will. T he month cards 22, beingprinted on both sides as stated, may contain twentyeight monthcalendars, seven of thirty-one days beginning on each day of the weekseven of thirty days beginning on each day of the week, seven oftwenty-nine days be ginning on each day of the week, and seven oftwenty-eight days beginning oneach day of the week. thus making up allthe dilierent arrangements necessary for a perpetual month calendar.Said month calendar cards are made shorter than the pocket in which theyare placed, and the month name cards are made substantially the sameheight as said pocket. so that the name of a month will show on thefront name card above the month cards 22, as illustrated in Figure 1.Each month calendar card 22 maybe marked along its lower margin forconvenience ac cording to the number of days in the particular monthshown and the day of the week on which it begins. Thus, as illus tratedin Figure 8, one card may be marked 31 Day month beginning Sunday and acorresponding line will be printed on the bottom of each side of eachmonth card, said printed lines 24 being positioned so as to be coveredby the bottom flange of the frame when the cards are arranged in theframe as shown in Figure 1.

The pack of cards in the other pocket oi the frame. that is. the upperpocket 13. Figures 1 and 2, includes seven year calendar cards 25. suchas are illustrated in Figures 1. and 5, each of said cards having adiliterent calendar year printed on each of its faces, making fourteenyear calendars in all. Seven of the year calendars will have threehundred and sixty-five days, each beginning on a different day of theweek, while the other seven year calendars will have three hundred andsixty-six days, each beginning on a diflerent day of the week. Each ofthe year calendar cards has a line 26printed its bottom on both-sidesbelow the calendars to indicate the number of days in the neat/s50 yearand the day of the week on which it begins. In Figure 5 the face of thecard showing bears the printed line 365 Day year beginning Sunday.

In addition to the seven year calendar cards 25 in the upper pack, thereare a num bcr of cards such as are illustrated in Figures 6 andcontaining an index to the calendar cards and general information as tothe use of the calendar, respectively. Several of each of these cards 27and 28 may be used if desired without increasing the thickness of theupper pack beyond that of the lower pack, tor there are seventeen cardsin the lower pack, including the month calendar cards and month namecards, and only seven year calendar cards in the upper pack.

The year cards may have the particular years of any century for whichthey may be used printed along their top margins; as indicated at 29 inFigure 5, where the years noted are those in the twentieth century whichbegin on Sunday. The year cards make a perpetual year calendar, andfourteen instead of seven cards may he used for the year calendars itprinted on only one face instead of both faces of said cards.

I claim z- 1. ln a calendar, the combination with a front frame havingupper and lower pock ets, ot a transverse partition permanently securedin said frame for separating said pockets, packs o'l calendar cards tofit in said pockets, separate trays to close the pockets at the he ck ofthe frame, and a prop attached to the tray for the upper pocket, andextending over the tray for the lower pocket.

2. In a calendar the combination with two packs of calendar cards, ofafront frame having two pockets to hold said packs of cards, said framecomprising side members having front flanges, and a permanent transversepartition separating the two pockets and having front flangesoverlapping both pockets and removable means for retaining the packs ofcards in said pockets.

3. A. calendar frame having side members provided with inwardlyextending front flanges with notches at opposite points therein, of apartition for dividing said frame into two pockets, said partitionhaving a front flange lying in the plane of the front flanges of theside members and fitting in said notches.

4t. A calendar frame having side members provided with inwardlyextending front flanges with notches at opposite points therein. of apartition for dividing said frame into two pockets. said partitionhaviug front flanges extending in opposite directions therefrom tooverlie both pockets, said flanges of the partition fitting in thenotches in the flanges of the side members.

5. A calendar frame having side members provided with inwardly extendingfront flanges with V-shaped notches at opposite points therein, of apartition for dividing said frame into two pockets, said partitionhaving a front flange lying in the plane of the front flanges of theside members and pointed at the ends to fit in said V-shaped notches.

6. A calendar frame having side members provided with inwardly extendingfront flanges with notches at opposite points therein, of a partitionhaving a front flange having its ends fitted in said notches of thefront flanges of the side members, said partition also having arearwardly extending flange for separating the frame into two pockets.

7. A calendar frame having side members provided with inwardly extendingfront flanges with notches at opposite points therein, of a partitionhaving a front flange having its ends fitted in said notches of thefront flanges of the side members, said partition having an integralportion folded upon the back of said front flange and bent rearwardlyintermediate the edges of said flange for dividing the frame into twopockets and providing flanges on said partition to overlie both pockets.

8. A calendar frame comprising a con tinuous strip bent transversely toform the corners of the frame and also bent longitudinally to forminwardly extending front flanges at the edges of said frame, saidflanges being notched at opposite points, and a partition having a frontflange fitted in said notches at its ends and also having a rearwardlyextending portion dividing the frame into separate pockets.

9. A calendar frame comprising a continuous strip bent transversely toform the corners of the frame and also bent longitudinally to forminwardly extending front flanges at the edges of said frame, the portionof the strip forming said front flanges being out with i -shaped notcheswhere the corners of the frame come in order that the ends of saidflanges may fit together in the same plane, the flanges at oppositeedges of the frame being also cut with V-shaped notches, and a partitionhaving a front flange with pointed ends to fit said latter notches, saidpartition also having a rearwardly extending portion dividing the frameinto separate pockets.

10. A calendar frame having side members provided with inwardlyextending front flanges, of a partition having a front flange the endsof which engage the front flanges of said side members, said partitionhaving an integral portion folded upon the back of said front flange andbent rearwardly intermediate the edges of said flange for dividing theframe into two pockets and providing flanges on said partition tooverlie both pockets.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

HUGH T. REED.

